Welcome

Lebronze alloys Group was born from the integration of different companies specializing in copper alloys, copper, nickel alloys, aluminium alloys, specialty steels, stainless steels, titanium and nickel superalloys.

Thanks to a multidisciplinary know-how, the Group provides innovative solutions to all major industries such as Aerospace, Oil & Gas, Power, Railway but also in sectors manufacturing smaller equipment and products.

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Thanks to complementarity sites and the possible synergies within the group, Lebronze alloys supplies semi-finished traditional products, preformed products close to the final shape, finished products…

Forging

A key investment in 2019: a new drop-hammer in Custines

Lebronze alloys has decided to increase its closed-die forging & heayy stamping capabilities by investing in a new 40 000 kgm forging hammer.

This line will forge large parts weighing up to approx. 900kg, in special steels (carbon and low alloy steels), stainless steel, in aluminum, copper and nickel alloys.

Installed on the Custines industrial site, this new equipment will benefit from a fully integrated process. It will be combined with state-of-the-art preparation presses, tooling, heat treatment and finishing equipment, to offer unique capabilities in Europe.

Building on established closed-die and open-die forging expertise in Custines, LBA will be able to offer more complex parts and near to shape components to its customers.

Open-die forging

Open-die forging is a process mastered by the Group and frequently used for production of single or small series parts; that do not require dedicated tooling to be manufactured, or large parts up to 8 tons.

Ring rolling mill

Ring rolling mill is a process recently acquired by the Group through the restart of Forge de Custines, it allows us to produce cylindrical or profiled rings with a circumferential grain flow and allows for machining allowances that are closer than in a traditional forging process . The manufacture of profiled rings requires the production of a tool and therefore is suitable for larger production volumes/ series.

Closed die-forging

Closed die-forging (for non-ferrous alloys) and hot-stamping (for ferrous alloys) allows to produce parts having more complex shapes compared to open-die forging , but as production of a tool is needed it is dedicated to larger volumes/series.

Cold forming

Cold forming is adapted for small dimensions parts produced from a cut to length bar (slug) or from a long blank, allied with very high production rates. Metal cold working provides excellent mechanical properties and saves heat treatment steps.

Forged parts: our achievements

Forging is an outstanding solution to answer fatigue component problems when these are subjected to strong and repeated stress over time. The Group has helped numerous customers to improve welded assemblies systems and to evolve towards a more robust forged solution.

Our processing capabilities allow us to manufacture parts according to:

A gross weight from 10 grams up to 800 kg for stamped parts,

A gross weight from 1 kg up to 8 tons for open-die forged parts with a particularly high wrought ratio,

An outside diameter up to 2500 mm for rings,

A wide range of alloys open and die-forged: copper alloys, aluminiums, special steels, titanium and nickel base alloys.

Our products are used by major equiment makers and contractors, especially in the aerospace industry (forged tubes, aluminium rolled rings, steel, inconel or titnium).

In order to offer the best solution, our Engineering Department supports you from the conception to the industrialization of your products, enabling you to benefit from our know-how and redesign to cost experience. The mastering of CAD advanced toolsand digital simulation software such as Forge® allows us not only to help you in finding solutions but also in the detailed conception of your new products.

All heat treatments required by our customers on parts we are manufacturing are carried out in-house, this for all alloys produced in the Group.

We are able to perform a wide variety of mechanical tests and metallurgical analysis (micrography, macrography, corrosion) but also non-destructive testing (ultrasonic testing, penetrant testing, electrical conductivity control).

Our Quality Department ensures your most demanding specifications are satisfied. We are not only certified ISO 9001 and 14001, by assurance companies (TÜV, Lloyd’s Register, DNV, ABS or even NADCAP for UT) but by prestigious customers themselves.

Lebronze alloys group masters a wide range of metal processing technologies: continue and semicontinuous casting, sand casting, die precision chill casting (manual, mechanized and automated), centrifugal casting, extrusion, ring rolling, open-die forging, closed-die forging, hot stamping, cold forming, machining, non-destructive testing, etc. We are in a position to support you from the conception to the industrialization of your products, making you benefit from our redesign to cost know-how. We are committed to bring you our experience in order to help you to find the best answer to your needs.